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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scarpetta notice lying by a chair in a photo of Jill Harrington's apartment?
(a) A high school yearbook.
(b) 100 Best Crossword Puzzles for 1982.
(c) A Scrabble game.
(d) The New York Times Magazine.

2. What is similar in the murders of Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott to the murders of Deborah Harvey and Fred Cheney?
(a) All the victims were Catholic.
(b) All the victims were blindfolded.
(c) A gun and knife were used in both.
(d) All the women were raped.

3. What does Abby Turnbull notice on the car driven by the stranger who approached them in the restaurant parking lot after dinner?
(a) A Quantico sticker on the bumper.
(b) A Colonial Williamsburg parking sticker.
(c) The rear bumper is a different color.
(d) A large scrape on the bumper.

4. Where did Jill Harrington go almost every week her third year in law school?
(a) Annandale, Virginia.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Richmond, Virginia.
(d) Quantico, Virginia.

5. What is Scarpetta's relationship with her rescuer who leads her to Wesley's house?
(a) Former patient.
(b) Former lover.
(c) Former medical student.
(d) Cousin.

6. What "profile" of the serial killer is emerging in Chapter 16?
(a) A man unhappy about losing a lover.
(b) A man afraid of animals.
(c) A man who enjoys socializing.
(d) A loner who has violent, sexualized fantasies.

7. Where are the bodies of Jill Harrington and Elizabeth Mott found?
(a) In a rest stop bathroom.
(b) In Jill Harrington's apartment.
(c) In a cemetery.
(d) In a motel room.

8. Who is Dammit?
(a) Scarpetta's pet cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A search and rescue dog.
(d) A stray cat.

9. Who is Mr. Joyce?
(a) An accident victim.
(b) The father of one of the teen victims.
(c) The owner of a small smoke shop.
(d) The owner of Dammit.

10. What is the explanation Scarpetta suggests for the blood in the back seat of Elizabeth's car?
(a) The blood has nothing to do with the killer.
(b) The killer had a nosebleed
(c) There was someone else in the backseat with the killer.
(d) The killer accidently cut himself.

11. What does Marino tell Scarpetta about the license plate number she gave him to check?
(a) The plates were issued to 1990 Cadillac .
(b) The plates were issued to 1989 Lincoln.
(c) The plates were issued to a 1998 Mark Seven.
(d) The plates were issued to a 1990 Mark Seven.

12. What does Pat Harvey learn about her husband from an article in the Washington Post?
(a) He is having an affair.
(b) He was drunk in a bar the night Deborah disappeared.
(c) He has always resented Pat's political aspirations.
(d) He is a former CIA agent.

13. What is the other name for "The Farm"?
(a) The Shorebirds Training Camp.
(b) Milk Bone Ranch.
(c) Camp Peary.
(d) Lucky Shoe Camp.

14. Who shows up at Scarpetta's home convinced Steven Spurrier is the serial killer?
(a) Mark James.
(b) Pat Harvey.
(c) Benton Wesley.
(d) Bruce Cheney.

15. What mistake does Scarpetta think the killer made years before he murdered Deborah and Fred?
(a) Shot a dog.
(b) Strangled a bird.
(c) Shot and knifed a horse.
(d) Knifed a cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scarpetta suspect is of greatest importance to the serial killer?

2. Who is the person Scarpetta invites to visit her in the summer?

3. Why does Abby Turnbull compare her relationship with Clifford Ring to the relationship of Elizabeth Mott and Jill Harrington?

4. Who killed Steven Spurrier?

5. What is the name of the national magazine that runs a feature story on Pat Harvey and her murdered daughter?

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